The game is a sequel to the previous Shenmue titles, which were
open-world adventure games. Shenmue I was released on the
Dreamcast on 1999, and Shenmue II followed up two years later in
2001. And that was it. Though the games are considered cult
classics, no follow-up was ever released.

Until now. At a Sony press conference on Tuesday, Shenmue III was
finally announced, 14 years after its predecessor. Developer Yu
Suzuki announced that it would be launched through a crowdfunding
campaign on Kickstarter — and the response has been wild.

Kotaku is reporting that the game has already broken not one
but two crowdfunding records, after being live for less
than single day. It has become both the fastest game to reach one
million dollars, and the fastest game to reach two million
dollars — and it's still going strong.

At one point, it was so popular that it actually broke the site,
and forced
Kickstarter to post a warning that it is "experiencing slow
performance," and "if you have made a pledge to Shenmue 3, you
may not see your pledge reflected on the project page straight
away."

Kickstarter later tweeted that it had "never seen
anything like this":

Site performance is back up to speed. We're still monitoring everything. We've never seen anything like this. Thanks for your patience! #E3